Creepy or Fun? New Park Slope Art Debuts

It came on trailer on Tuesday, and by yesterday Park Slope kids were climbing all over it. A commenter at Curbed pointed the way to a page on the Parks Department website that identifies it as Steve Tobin's SteelRoots and Sewell Chan at the CityRoom provided a lot of detail. It's scheduled to be on display from October 15 until January 5, 2008 (it seems to have arrived early). It's located in front of Litchfield Villa and all we can is we hope the Parks Department is cool with kids playing on it and trying to climb it. Here's what the website says about it:

Monumental sculptures of sinuous root forms are part of Tobin’s practice of exploring and recreating nature. Nature’s transient forms, like plant roots, are translated by the artist into the vernacular of bronze—making reference to classical sculpture and comparing nature’s forms with human-made beauty.

Tobin has worked in various media throughout his career, including glass, clay, bronze, and steel. His work often explores natural forms, and the artist cites nature as his earliest influence, one that continues to inform his work to date. The artist previously exhibited another of his works, Termite Mounds, at the Museum of Natural History in 2001.

We're confident many opinions about it will be forthcoming in the Slope.